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A lost film telling a story of Jirokichi the Rat, a notorious thief

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a...

1930s Japanese film.

This is the only surviving “Mito Komon Manyu-ki” film. This release also known as "Adrift Tour Memoir" or literally "Mito Komon's...

Enoken's anachronistic take on the beloved (and already very funny) Edo-period novel "Shank's Mare," aka Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige, in...

Directed by Daisuke Itō.

At the residence of a feudal lord in a mountain province, a young lord, accompanied by his vassals and courtiers, listens to the rokyoku singer...

In the midst of the depression, two ronin rack their brains to come up with a dishonest scheme. Taking a man from the countryside, they fashion him...

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

Directed in 1921

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

A lost film that tells a story of Jirokichi, a notorious thief

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō. Again scripted by the legendary Yamanaka Sadao

Directed by Kichiro Tsuji.

Jirokichi the Rat is a notorious thief. While on the run from the law, he discovers an unexpectedly honourable side of himself, and maybe some form...

Kinshiro takes over the family, but he thinks he is going to replace the son of his stepmother but runs into trouble when he befriends the yakuza.